Brooke’s family has been looking at the photos of the children’s ‘sticky mud game’:
“Brooke loves exploring in mud and getting messy so I can imagine how much fun this would of been for her, looks like a great game they have all created together. Well done everyone.”
It was a super game which kept them engaged for such a long time. Great teamwork!
We love it when the children play co-operatively to plan and carry out their own ideas. These photos show a group of children playing a game of their own creation which they called “The Sticky Mud Game”. They used the resources that they found outdoors and made their own rules, telling me, “You have to get the mud and move it into the puddle. It’s a bit hard but it’s easy if you keep doing it”.
As the children moved mud into the puddle, they then realised that the puddle was filling up so they said, “We need to make the puddle bigger so there’s room for the mud”. Cups and bowls were then used to transport water from another part of the garden to make the puddle bigger.
What super teamwork and creativity they have shown to invent their own game, agree on the rules together and work out how to solve problems they came up against. We love the Sticky Mud Game.
We recently noticed that the links to “Every Day’s A Learning Day” were not working and have now updated them. You can find the links for the “Birth to Three” and “Three To Six” booklets on the right hand side of this page under “Useful Reading”. We recommend these publications as easy to read books for all parents/carers and hope that you find them useful and interesting. Apologies if you had been trying to access them without success.
We have an increasing number of children who enjoy back-to-back sessions in Nursery. Each day a little group lunches together in the school dinner hall with staff and they have developed a lovely little social group, discussing their morning and developing confidence in the wider school environment. As you can see, the children enjoy this time of day when they can relax and rest while enjoying their tasty lunches.
After reading a story about a bear feeling ill, we talked about who looks after us when we don’t feel well. Here is a selection of the ideas that the children gave.
Louie: my Mummy helps me. She reads books to me.
James: when I have a bug, Mummy and Daddy say I can watch telly on the sofa.
Matthew: my Grandpa gets me a football to make me feel better.
Eadie: my Mummy puts a bowl and a towel beside me when I’m watching T.V.
Archie: Daddy and Dodie play with me.
Frankie: I had chicken pox. My Daddy and brother looked after me when I was in bed.
Cali: Mummy and Daddy get me water and I go to sleep.
Olivia: I had spots on my tummy that were itchy. Grandma took me to get checked.
Leah: Nana looks after me and reads me stories.
Lewis: Mum looks after me. She gives me cough medicine.
Ava: Mummy looks after me. She plays a game with me.
Kyle: Papa and Nana give me medicine.
Brooke: I had spots and Mummy looked after me.
Enid: I had a bad tummy. I lay on the sofa and watched the telly. Mummy helped me.
Imoen: my Dad and Mum – they catch the spots and read me a story when I’m in bed.
Amelia: Mummy gives me a hug.
Kobe: when I was ill at bedtime Mummy and Daddy looked after me.
It sounds like you boys and girls are very well looked after by your families.
As part of our recent learning about the changing seasons, a group of children visited the nature area to look for signs of Autumn and were very good detectives, collecting lots of natural materials which they then used to produce their own works of art back in the Nursery garden. As you can see, they decided to have a little picnic in the nature area as a reward for all their hard work.
We hope that everyone enjoys a lovely holiday with their families as Nursery is now closed for two weeks. We still have several posts to add from our first term so keep your eyes peeled here for your children appearing on the blog in the holidays.
Learning about Autumn this term has been helped greatly by the children’s super contributions to our display. Chestnuts, acorns, various berries and leaves of so many colours have been collected by the children and their families. Good talking skills have been evident as the children shared their finds with others and talked about where they had found them. Thank you so much to all those families who have taken the time to talk to their children about the signs of Autumn and have helped them find examples. The children have shown great enthusiasm to look at and talk about our display.
